The rise and fall of Oculus: How Meta's VR ambitions once began

Oculus VR shaped modern virtual reality like hardly any other company and now threatens to disappear for good. It's time for a look back.

Defense Startup Is Offering a $500,000 Prize—and Maybe a Job—in a New Drone Race

It could be a big payday, and a new career, for AI developers.

Palmer Luckey says AI will make hardware so cheap you’ll be able to buy a ‘Ford F-150 for $1,000’

The Anduril cofounder says he thinks AI will revolutionize the production chain, making seasonal car purchases a reality.

Oculus founder says Meta abandoning VR is 'obviously false,' but Meta's own actions scream the opposite about Quest's future

With Meta laying off a large portion of its VR department in favor of smart glasses, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey believes "this isn't a disaster," but upcoming Quest headsets aren't looking bright.
Video Games Chronicle

Switch’s Virtual Boy add-on reminded me that Nintendo’s biggest flop wasn’t all bad

Those who missed out on Virtual Boy in the 90s might be pleasantly surprised, as Nintendo’s 3D oddity comes to ...
CNBC

Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI

Just over four years after Facebook changed its name to Meta, the company is scaling back its virtual reality ambitions. Meta is cutting about 10% of staff who focus on metaverse-related VR projects ...
The Escapist

“We’re getting to the point where glasses will become the third computing platform”: Exclusive interview with Mix Rift’s Bobby Voicu about the future of XR

The Escapist interviewed Bobby Voicu of MixRift, an indie development studio specializing in XR games, and where he sees the technology going.
IGN

Apple Vision Pro Review

In 20 years, we'll look back nostalgically on the Vision Pro from our Hyper Apple Vision X and talk about how, in spite of its flaws, more than any other device, it kickstarted the spatial computing ...

angela lansbury

Angela Lansbury, star of stage and screen best known to television audiences as mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote and who gave voice to the title tune in Beauty ...